San Antonio, TX, The Alamo and The River Walk

The Alamo and the River Walk are two must dos in San Antonio. The Alamo for the history, of course, and the River Walk cause it's cool!

We managed to do these two things before the current rain/cold front moved in two days ago:

As with many historic places, The Alamo is dwarfed by the high rises in downtown San Antonio

I was not allowed to take pics inside but the outside grounds were more enticing for me anyway.  This building houses the research library:

gift shop

the barracks houses part of the museum

 Right across Alamo Plaza you can access The River Walk following the stairs and cascading waterfalls:

 We popped up out of the River Walk to take a look around this plaza with beautiful cathedral....

..... and court house.

St. Anthony de Padua statue on the River Walk

Stopped for lunch at the Lone
Star on the River Walk.  You can see
we are looking down on the river.
Very nice! It was cold but we had a
heat lamp on either side of us;)

Our lunch was a $5 all you can eat pork rib tips!  Came with potato salad and beans.....can't beat
that!  Yummy!